His skinny body was hit by a car in front of the eyes of the people in the rear car. The driver did not stop and why should he?! … The body flew off like a rag and splattered on the asphalt, seconds before it was run over by a truck…

It was probably all gone but the people in the rear car who witnessed all this ran to the bird, which was still alive… lying helpless on the roadway…

Vero is a young common buzzard (Buteo buteo). After a few days of careful feeding, just to be sure that he won't die of exhaustion, tomorrow he will undergo surgery on the broken leg. The x-ray showed a previously broken wing, which fortunatelyhad already healed. The bird somehow survived this and now has to go through another ordeal.

Keep your fingers crossed tomorrow, while we take care of Vero's future…